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Tom Swift's avatar

Where do Ellis Islanders fit in this schema?

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S. Wesley Riddle's avatar

Dago WOP Americans.

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RVD in AZ's avatar

Nice try. Since America is an Italian name, You gotta get here first to name it. So, I believe that makes Italians the real heritage Americans.

A Dago-Wop Heritage American here.

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wmj's avatar

we lack too a term for the New America - the land of Somali mayors and 100 language school districts. “Yookay” was a stroke of absolute genius in that regard for Britain, but aside from some desultory attempts to describe the post-65ers - “USians”, “Paper Americans”, etc - no suitable term has arisen

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John's avatar

Proud Anglo Saxon here

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Quixotic Rambler's avatar

I’m a first generation Heritage American

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Sara's avatar

Lovely term. Enjoyed reading this!

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